Twenty-three years after VPX was introduced, OpenVPX remains constrained by legacy limitations. X10 GENESIS changes that with three pre-configured systems that inject modern performance, massive I/O capability, and unmatched SWaP-C efficiency into a standard long overdue for reinvention.

Smaller companies complain of a closed culture.

By Diego Laje for SIGNAL Magazine

Good business professionals turn a rolodex into profits. Standing between buyer and supplier could be good for profits, but can add inefficiencies for smaller defense suppliers.

While the defense business has special considerations, as there are life-or-death consequences if all parties do not share full information, often only very large corporations enjoy the advantage of access.

Will X9 Spider^™ Computer Systems Power the US Army in 2030?

November 10, 2022
by Max Maxfield

A couple of weeks ago as I pen these words, I heard that the folks from General Micro Systems had taken home three “Best of Show” awards from the recent AUSA 2022 annual meeting and exposition, which was held 10-12 October in Washington DC, and whose purpose was to highlight computing innovations for building the Army of 2030.

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Ultra-bright 1800-nit cockpit display with on-board quad-core processing subsystem, glove-ready touch, and wide off-angle viewing for both day and night operations joins SmartView™ line.

By Dan Taylor for Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON, D.C. General Micro Systems (GMS) unveiled the X7 Raptor, a compact open-standards rugged mission computer intended to sell for under $10,000 for high-volume platforms such as swarm uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and manpack/wearable applications, the company announced in a statement.

Originally published by LISA DAIGLE for Military Embedded Magazine

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. General Micro Systems (GMS) announced the launch of the rugged X9 Spider storage system intended for military-focused sensor data recorders, artificial intelligence (AI) data sets, networked storage, and data payload “sneaker net” portable data movement.

Originally published by Stephen W. Miller of Armada International 

GMS’s M9 Spider S1502-MP offers that processing power essential to achieving true soldier integrated networking. In fact, it is more like a mission computer, personal tablet computer, and vehicle-mounted server—plus cloud-based data mining GPGPU—all contained in a small form factor battery powered package that fits into a backpack!